Falls

Place name suffix

Falls appears in the names of cities and landmarks associated with waterfalls: Niagara Falls, Great Falls, Idaho Falls, Sioux Falls.

These places typically grew up around the geographic feature. (Lowercase falls is the common noun for waterfalls or instances of falling.)

placename

Niagara

Border waterfall landmark

  • IdahoNorthwestern American state
  • SiouxPlains Indigenous nation
  • WichitaKansas's largest city

Klamath · Glens · Spokane · Shoshone · Victoria · city · town · landmark · tourist

Categories
Opposites
water feature type

Fallslake

Enclosed body of freshwater

pond · pool · still water · flatwater · reservoir

elevation change

Fallsplateau

Flat highland area

flatlands · plain · lowlands · sea level · valley floor

water energy state

Fallsstill water

Water not flowing

stagnant water · calm waters · millpond · backwater · dead water

Phrases
Family

fall, fallen, falling, downfall, waterfall, rainfall, windfall, snowfall, fallback

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G